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Truth Quotes by Niels Bohr
- There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also…
- The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
- Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary…
- Truth and clarity are complementary
- The old saying of the two kinds of truth. To the one kind belongs statements so simple and clear that the opposite assertion obviously could…
- Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.
- There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a…
- It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is also a deep truth
- You can recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The opposite of a great truth is another truth.
- One of the favorite maxims of my father was the distinction between the two sorts of truths, profound truths recognized by the fact that the…
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